Post-activation Performance Enhancement Improves

In this intervention, participants perform a warm-up consisting of 3 repetitions at 90% of 1RM. After a 10-minute rest, they perform 3 sets of half-squats at 75% of their 1RM until volitional failure. This protocol is designed to enhance performance through the post-activation potentiation effect.

In this intervention, participants perform a warm-up consisting of 8 repetitions at 50% of 1RM. After a 4-minute rest, they perform 3 sets of half-squats at 75% of their 1RM until volitional failure. This protocol is used as a baseline for comparison with the PAPE protocol.